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Afghanistan: Kentucky Guard ADT has expert farmer on hand for deployment
April 9, 2012
Civilian Agricultural Specialist Jon Mixon (2nd from right) speaks with a local nongovernmental organization representative in southern Afghanistan February 20, 2012. Mixon is a member of the Kentucky National Guard's Agribusiness Development Team 4, whose mission to help Afghan locals develop more effective farming and business practices by providing education and sustainable tools. Also pictured (from left) are Army Master Sgt. Christopher Campbell and Army Sgt. 1st Class Catherine Corson, Kentucky National Guard.
Afghanistan: Nebraska Air Guard members hand over nursing program to local Afghans
April 9, 2012
Nebraska Air National Guard Lt. Col. Shawn Zembles, left, chief regional adviser, of Lincoln, Neb., a regional nurse adviser, attends a nursing program graduation, April 3 at the Armed Forces Academy of Medical Sciences in Kabul. Zembles served as an AFAMS chief regional adviser.
Texas Air Guard member named top Air Guard recruiter
April 9, 2012
Air Force Tech. Sgt. Jennifer A. Joubert, a production recruiter with the 149th Fighter Wing at Lackland Air Force Base, Texas, was recently named the top recruiter in the Air National Guard for "Prior Service Qualified Accessions" and "Critical Accessions."
First Lady Unveils New Military Spouse Hiring Effort
April 5, 2012
Official Portrait of First Lady Michelle Obama, February 2009, in the Blue Room of the White House.
Air Force to end pilot travel card program
April 5, 2012
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Djibouti: Texas Guard members share best practices for border protection, patrol
April 5, 2012
Army Staff Sgt. Jeff Schmidt (left) and Staff Sgt. Vern Baker, Task Force Raptor, U.S. Army 3rd Squadron, 124th Cavalry Regiment, Texas Army National Guard, discuss best practices with Djiboutian army soldiers at a border operations seminar at the Demining Djiboutian Army base here, March 14, 2012. Task Force Raptor Soldiers participated in various engagements with African militaries in support of Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa.
Guard members receive training to help prevent substance abuse
April 5, 2012
Army Sgt. Ashley Zerfas, 153rd Engineer Battalion, left, accepts her certificate from Army Lt. Col. Doug Bogenhagen, South Dakota Army National Guard Counterdrug branch chief, after completing the Unit Prevention Leader course at the 196th Regional Training Institute in Sioux Falls, S.D., March 30, 2012. Zerfas, along with 47 other students who attended the class, gained the tools to be able to help educate, prevent and monitor substance abuse among fellow service members in the Guard.
Afghanistan: Alaska Army National Guard members play pivotal role in Afghanistan
April 4, 2012
Alaska Army National Guard member Pfc. Laurence Yeaton, provides security while members of the Kandahar Provincial Reconstruction Team's engineering department conduct a site assessment of a future midwifery facility March 6, 2012 in Kandahar, Afghanistan.
Virtual wingman app makes smart choices easy for Airmen
April 4, 2012
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Family Matters Blog: Top 10 reasons I admire military kids
April 3, 2012
The West Virginia National Guard's 156th Military Police Detachment is welcomed home Jan. 27, 2012.
Coast Guard Cutter, Air Guard members rescue three injured persons from racing yacht
April 3, 2012
A Coast Guard drop master prepares to drop medical supplies to the Clipper Venture 6, a 67-foot sailing yacht, Saturday, March 31, 2012. The Rescue Coordination Center in Alameda, Calif. is coordinating the rescue efforts of three injured boaters.
Counterdrug launches new Counter Threat Finance program
April 3, 2012
Steve Gurdak, detective with the Washington D.C./Baltimore High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area, discusses the nuances of money laundering during the Counter Threat Finance course on Bolling Air Force Base, Dec. 9, 2011. National Guard Counterdrug personnel spent two weeks in the classroom training for the new Counter Threat Finance mission of the National Guard's Counterdrug program
Guatemala: Missouri Guard members to develop skills during mission to Guatemala
April 3, 2012
Guatemalan flag.
Illinois National Guard trains Soldiers to respond to sexual assaults
April 3, 2012
Detective Mark DeVaney, with the Springfield Police Department speaks to nearly 70 Soldiers with the Illinois National Guard attending the two week Sexual Harassment and Assault Response and Prevention training Feb. 23, 2012 at Camp Lincoln in Springfield, Ill. The Soldiers met with a panel of sexual assault response experts from the Springfield area.
Oregon Guard participate in Shanti-Doot exercise in Bangladesh
April 3, 2012
Oregon Army National Guard Staff Sgt. Darrin Culp, of the 249th Regiment Training Institute in Monmouth, Ore., oversees two Nepalese soldiers as they tend to their role-playing comrade during a medical emergency scenario on the first day of Exercise Shanti Doot 3, in Bangladesh March 9. Culp and his fellow Soldiers were invited to participate as a battlefield lifesaving technique instructors through the State Partnership Program between Oregon and Bangladesh. Exercise Shanti Doot 3 is a Bangladesh armed forces-hosted and U.S. Pacific Command Global Peace Operations Initiative supported joint multi-national exercise designed to give operations, logistics, planning and tactical peace-keeping training to members of 13 different countries in preparation for United Nations Peace-keeping Operations.
VA makes progress on pledge to end veteran homelessness
April 3, 2012
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Illinois Airman named Air National Guard Outstanding Noncommissioned Officer of the Year
April 3, 2012
Air Force Tech. Sgt. Jacob Curtis was selected as one of the 2012 Air National Guard Outstanding Airmen of the Year. Curtis is a Security Forces Journeyman assigned to the 126th Air Refueling Wing's Security Forces Squadron and received this award in part for his dedication to duty, superior knowledge, and unwavering volunteerism. His OAY package will next compete in the Air Force's 2012 Twelve Outstanding Airmen of the Year. Curtis recently returned from a six-month deployment in support of Operation Enduring Freedom.
Official: Take Time to Honor Military Kids' Service
April 2, 2012
Army Sgt. 1st Class William Petit, Michigan Army National Guard, hugs his children at a deployment ceremony for the Headquarters, Headquarters Detachment, 210th Military Police Battalion February 15, 2012. The 72 members of the 210th are departing for their deployment to Afghanistan.
Alaska Air National Guard members rescue two plane crash survivors
April 2, 2012
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Oman: Oregon Guard Soldiers train with the Royal Army of Oman
April 2, 2012
Soldiers from the Oregon National Guard's 1st Squadron, 82nd Cavalry Regiment, and Omani soldiers from the Royal Army of Oman's 11th Brigade, Western Frontier Regiment, move toward their objective during a squad assault training exercise at the Rubkut Training Range in Oman, Jan. 24, 2012. The two-week exercise, sponsored by U.S. Army Central, was meant to share knowledge and build diplomatic relations between the U.S. military and Oman.